WBL

WITH SIMPLE STEPS TO HIGH-QUALITY WBL

For companies, we have prepared practical tools that allow them to easily establish WBL.

  1. The manuals guide you step by step toward a simple and successful implementation of WBL in your company:

WBL is a highly effective form of learning through work experience that facilitates the transition from education and training to employment. Individuals gain the skills that employers need, while also increasing the competitiveness and productivity of companies and workplaces.

This booklet describes the opportunities for companies to engage in WBL and how to address some common misconceptions that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have about WBL. It also provides a comprehensive overview of ways to cooperate with educational institutions and implement a WBL program.

A properly managed WBL program can become a direct source of profit from the value of the work performed by students. This is the added value of WBL – to provide students with much-needed work experience, companies can take advantage of subsidies for employing these same students. Additionally, WBL creates further benefits for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and more.

This booklet will present the procedures that need to be followed to ensure the highest possible return on your company’s investment in WBL, while also ensuring that each student gains the experience they need for their training.

It is important for a company to establish trustworthy relationships with students from day one and to provide them with proper information, ensuring that everyone knows what to expect from each other. This way, the expectations of all participants will be met within the timeframe of the WBL. The onboarding process varies from company to company, depending on their culture, industry, and the nature of the WBL itself.

This booklet describes how to prepare an effective onboarding process.

Successfully implemented WBL benefits both SMEs and students. Students gain the opportunity to enhance their theoretical knowledge with practical workplace skills, providing them with a comprehensive understanding of their study program.

This booklet offers advice on how to structure the mentoring process to strengthen long-term partnerships between the SME and the student, thereby establishing a WBL framework for the successful future development of the SME.

TOOL FOR HIGH-QUALITY WBL

The tool for high-quality WBL (PRI) was designed as a flexible management tool and can be used in various situations for different purposes::

  • a guide for setting up the basic management system of future PRI for VET schools and SMEs;
  • a self-check list for VET schools and SMEs to see if they are ready for systematic PRI management;
  • a self-check list for VET schools and SMEs to find areas to improve in their PRI processes;
  • a checklist to help with peer review activities;
  • a checklist to help with outside audits by other parties (for VET schools and SMEs);
  • a checklist to help with outside audits by third parties (certification bodies).

The tools were made as part of a European

project